Franklin Universal Trust (FT) Competitors

Franklin Universal Trust (NYSE:FT) and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Is FT or NXP a better dividend stock?

Franklin Universal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.

Does the media prefer FT or NXP?

In the previous week, Franklin Universal Trust and Franklin Universal Trust both had 4 articles in the media. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Franklin Universal Trust's score of 0.50 indicating that Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Franklin Universal Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FT or NXP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Universal Trust	$34.97M	5.34	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	$75.19M	8.78	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FT or NXP?

16.2% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Franklin Universal Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FT or NXP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Franklin Universal Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, FT or NXP?

Franklin Universal Trust has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FT or NXP?

Franklin Universal Trust received 9 more outperform votes than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.52% of users gave Franklin Universal Trust an outperform vote while only 63.96% of users gave Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Franklin Universal Trust	Outperform Votes 80 64.52%	Underperform Votes 44 35.48%
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	Outperform Votes 71 63.96%	Underperform Votes 40 36.04%

Summary

Franklin Universal Trust beats Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.